Homework

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-106

Description: Shows two frames illustrating unrelated topics. It appears that a third frame has been cut from the page. The first frame is about widening Colombo Street in Christchurch. It shows a widened street that is almost like a tunnel, because the upper stories of each building have not been moved back in line with the bottom stories. The second frame shows a man attempting to help his son with his maths homework Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-388-004

Description: Shows a young boy doing his maths homework while his father reads the newspaper and his mother knits. The boy is frustrated because neither of his parents can help with algebra questions Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

From: Nisbet, Alistair :Editorial Cartoons ca 1993

Reference: A-290-027

Description: An impoverished family. One child is doing his homework at a table, while his mother, clutching a benefit, hits him over the head to discourage him. His father is seated surrounded by beer cans and two other children are creating mayhem Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, letratone,

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-151

Description: Shows a schoolboy sitting at a dining table with his parents. The boy is slumped over the table, asleep. The clock reads 9PM. The boy had been doing his homework, and has written 'For 1 1/2 hours Dad said, all he said was 'not a blinkin' penny off petrol or beer or tobacco.' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-103

Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. In the first frame, a man is trying to help his son with his maths homework. The boy says, "Aw, Dad. What a pity you and me weren't born 300 years later - by then NZ MAY have adopted decimal coinage.' The next frame is titled 'Our highest praise to all those who toiled so hard to give us that glorious floral festival... and to those who took it all away.' It shows a policeman picking up his helmet from the ground. The final frame shows men playing cricket and is titled 'The cricket on the Lancaster hearth.' The cartoonist has written a rhyming poem about the match Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-171

Description: Shows a man smoking a pipe and writing an angry letter to the Canterbury University council about a proposal to build a smokestack in Ilam. The letter contains many expletives written as exclamation marks and other symbols. Text at the top of the cartoon reads 'Mr Adamski - 'Space Authority' - says, space men he has met 'Find it very easy to learn any language - almost.' Outside, two children are sending a small rocket into space, with a note attached asking space men for help with their homework Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and blue coloured pencil on card, 235 x 280 mm

Date: [191-?], 1959-1981

From: Newnham, Thomas Oliver, 1926- :Photographs, chiefly relating to anti-apartheid movements

By: Arn, Kapil, active 1981; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-9946

Description: Photographs, chiefly relating to 'No Maori - No Tour' protests against the All Blacks 1960 tour of South Africa. Images relating to the anti-apartheid movement include speakers at a meeting, and a 1981 Auckland protest featuring a Maori woman in padded overalls on a Mt Eden street, with police and other protestors in the background (taken by Kapil Arn). Further prints show children at a CARE (Citizens Association for Racial Equality) homework centre at the Ponsonby Road Unitarian Church (circa 1969), two New Zealand Softball Team players (1972) with an unidentified official, and a family portrait of parents Peter and Ella Barton (nee Robertson ?) and children Shirley, Graham, and Phil (taken circa 1918 by Jamison, probably John Jamison). Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2007

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0004494

Description: Shows three children doing their homework in the living room. Their parents peer round the door amazed at how enthusiastic the children are but the mother says that she threatened them with having to watch John Key's DVD as an alternative. Refers to the DVD promoting the National Party that John Key has had made. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017632

Description: A man climbs to the top of a tree to rescue granddad's longjohns that the kids have tied to the tree top like a flag. The children stand to attention down below and salute the flag. The neighbour is offended that the pants are being used as a flag - he has the Union Jack in his garden and father tells him 'No- I'm not promoting a new flag - I'm just recovering the results of the kids' new 'creative thinking' homework activities'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0008332

Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Jaimee as a high school student. Her history teacher is questioning her about her essay on the New Zealand Land Wars in which she only wrote a single character - "*". She tells him that it is a widely used abbreviation for a 2000-word essay demonstrating her complete grasp of the subject and is easily worth an A+. He takes a second look at her essay and she adds that it is text speak. Refers to students writing their assignments in text language. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Jones, Parry, 1962-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0003182

Description: A mother sits on a chair testing her daughter on her homework. The daughter has written that Palm Sunday is the day her uncle gets into trouble for opening his garden centre, instead of the more traditional definition, that it is the Sunday preceding Easter. Refers to the annual arguement about which retail outlets are allowed to stay open over Easter. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005705

Description: Shows a mother asking her son, Jayden, who is sitting at a table with a pen and paper, what he has been given for homework. Jayden replies that his homework is to think of a novel excuse as to why he didn't do it. Refers to the quality of homework given to school children. Also refers to parents taking an interest and helping their children with their homework. Published in The Press Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014644

Description: A small boy complains to his mother that he is not doing his homework because it is too hard. His father is reading the newspaper which has the headline 'Chin to stand again' - extrapolating from that he tells the boy that if he cannot do something the first time he should try again. Refers to the news that Dunedin's mayor Peter Chin is seeking re-election. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0000966

Description: When his mother tries to get her son to get off the computer and do some homework, his father tells her to leave him be. The father is reading a newspaper report about the fact that Gareth Morgan has just gained $47 million from the deal that Sam morgan, his son, has just made by selling 'Trade Me' to Fairfax. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026435

Description: Cartoon shows Education Minister Hekia Parata reciving a Fail grade on an Economics paper. A voice says "Sorry Hekia ... maybe you need to work harder on your homework!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

Reference: DCDL-0010551

Description: A child asks his father if the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Bell, had to wait for someone else to invent one as well so that he might have someone to call. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0004899

Description: Shows a teacher writing 'I must do better in the classroom!' lines on a blackboard with white chalk. As he has completed the lines he comments to himself that he should go home and mark homework. Refers to the poor quality of some teachers in the New Zealand education system. Published in The Press, 1 October 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "archive2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2013

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Timaru herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024071

Description: Shows a frowning teacher at her desk in a classroom holding an IOU in one hand, and a torn payslip in the other. A child walks back to his desk holding a piggy bank, disappointed that he couldn't buy his way out of homework for a week. Refers to ongoing issues with the Novopay teacher payroll system, unveiled in August 2012, which has resulted in tens of thousands of pay errors, with some teachers being paid too much, others too little, and some not at all. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0538-F

Description: Images show scenes of from a homework group in a private home near Orakei Marae, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show a group of children sitting in a circle on a living room floor holding picture books and responding to a woman supervisor. Elsewhere another group of children follows an action song with the help of adult prompting. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.

Date: 1963

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0541-F

Description: Images show scenes of Maori mother helping her daughter with her reading and a group of girls playing knucklebones at a homework group in a private home near Orakei Marae, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film